Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with 96–115.5 cm-long (37.8–45.5 in) sticks and a 70–72 mm-diameter (2.76–2.83 in) plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role in the game's development.
The SM-liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, but the league and association have an agreement of cooperation. SM is a common abbreviation for Suomen mestaruus, "Finnish championship".
Turun Palloseura, commonly known as TPS, is a professional football club based in Turku, Finland. During the 2022 season, the men's first team of the club competes in Ykkönen, the second highest tier of men's football, and the women's representative team in the Kansallinen Liiga, the highest level of women's football in Finland. Nicknamed "Tepsi", the club was founded in 1922.
Mika Kohonen is a retired Finnish floorball player and nowadays a floorball coach. He currently coaches Storvreta IBK, a club in the Swedish Super League. He has also played for Balrog IK in SSL and Happee in Salibandyliiga. He also used be a part of Finland's national floorball team for many years both as a player and assistant coach.
Nurmon Jymy is a Finnish sports club with several departments, located in Nurmo.
The F-liiga is the top men’s floorball league in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn SM-sarja in 1986 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). It was renamed to Salibandyliiga for the 1994–95 season. The Salibandyliiga was operated by the company SSBL Salibandy Oy, a subsidiary of the Finnish Floorball Federation. The current name F-liiga is used since season 2020–21.
Porvoon Salibandyseura (PSS) is a Finnish sports club specialized on floorball. It was founded in 2003 when sports clubs Gammelbackan Terä, SaFa and Porvoon Butchers were joined. Women play in nations highest league Naisten Salibandyliiga and men play in the I-division. The club has also boys teams from age groups A to G and girls teams from A to F. In 2008, PSS had 35 teams.
Founded in 1985, the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL) (Finnish: Suomen Salibandyliitto, Swedish: Finlands Innebandyförbund) is the governing body for floorball in the country of Finland. The SSBL's number of professional licensed players is 39,104 (in May 2006), making it the nation's third most popular sport, after association football and ice hockey.
Tapanilan Erä is a Finnish sports club that was founded in 1933, with various teams in different disciplines. It is one of Finland's largest sporting clubs.
Tikkurilan Tiikerit is a Finnish floorball club from Vantaa. By licensed players, it is the fourth largest floorball club in Finland. It has 837 licensed players and over one thousand members.
Esport Oilers is a floorball team based in Espoo, Finland, that competes in F-liiga, the top flight of Finnish floorball. The team plays its home matches in Tapiolan urheiluhalli, which has a seating capacity of 1,570.
Koovee is a Finnish sport club based in Tampere. It was founded at 1929 and soon expanded to many different kinds of sports. The full name of the club used to be Tampereen Kilpa-Veljet Ry (TK-V), but it was first changed to KOO-VEE ry and in 2010 to the form Koovee Ry. Koovee is one of the biggest sport clubs in Finland.
Gävle Godtemplares IK is a Swedish sports club from Gävle. The club has an ice hockey department, most known for the success the team had during the 1950s, a floorball department, currently, as of 22/23 playing in the Swedish men's top tier SSL, and a football department, currently only supporting youth teams.
Tero Tiitu is a Finnish floorball player currently playing for EräViikingit of the F-liiga.
The 2010 Canada Cup Floorball Championship was the seventh such championship contested in the tournament's history. The tournament took place from May 21 to May 23, 2010 at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
F-liiga is the highest-tier of floorball for women in Finland. The league was founded as Salibandyn naisten SM-sarja in 1988 by the Finnish Floorball Federation (SSBL). The former name, Naisten Salibandyliiga, was introduced for the 2000–01 season and its current name for the 2020–21 season. The F-liiga is operated by SSBL Salibandy Oy, a limited corporation owned entirely by the Finnish Floorball Federation.
SSV Helsinki is a floorball team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team was founded in 1986 and they currently play in Salibandyliiga, the top floorball league in Finland.
SB-Pro is a floorball club from Nurmijärvi, Finland. The women's first team plays in the Naisten Salibandyliiga and the men's first team in the V-Division. There are 532 members in the club and 21 teams in the Finnish Floorball Federation. SB-Pro has won the Women's Championship of Finland in 2014, 2018 and 2019.
Rasmus Österman is a professional floorball goalie who currently plays for NTK Nakkila in III-divisioona. Österman has also played in the Salibandyliiga for FBT Karhut.
